Second-hand smoke

get over = recuperate clog up = obstruct come down (with) = catch (an illness) fight off = defend against throw up = vomit dose up (on/ with) = medicate let up = cease or diminish lay low = make someone weak

Complete the sentences and the text below with these phrasal verbs:

11. Many children _____________an ear infection even before their first birthday.

12. High fat foods can____________ our arteries.

13. Most people ____________ a cold within two weeks.

14. The flu usually ___________people __________ for four to ten days.

25. The human body’s immune defences usually ___________ viruses.

1-version (Quarter II)

1. ________ at school yesterday?
a) Was you
b) Were you
c) Did you
d) Is you
2. – Is your family large?
– _ ______.
a) Yes, it is.
b) Yes, they are.
c) No, it not.
d) No, they isn’t.
3. What _________ he want?
a) does
b) do
c) have
d) was
4. ____ do you have dinner?
a) When time
b) What time
c) What kind of
d) What for
5. He ____ to go home.
a) want
b) did
c) didn’t want
d) didn’t wanted
6. Where ____ to school?
a) did you go
b) went you
c) did you went
d) did go
7. Latin ___ compulsory in Irish school
a) used to be
b) would be
c) has
d) has been
8. Stress is not an illness, but it can ___ to many illnesses.
a) get
b) celebrate
c) contribute
d) affect
9. He ____ off his holiday until after the winter.
a) took
b) put
c) called
d) logged
10. The boy ____ cake when his mother came into the room.
a) was eat
b) eats
c) was eating
d) has eating

11. Do you …………………. a business start up plan to run your own company?

12. You should ……………….. calm in any situation if you want to work with customers.

13. Really? Is she 20 years old? She …………….... older.

14. Anvar ………………….. furious when someone interrupts him.

15. The reason for his decision ……………….... clear soon.

2-version (Quarter II)

1. I don’t think you _ ___ them.
a) should to email
b) should email
c) should emailing
d) ─
2. In the future there ____ cures to the world’s worst.
a) might be
b) is going to being
c) will being
d) might have
3. The space tourists ___ certainly need to be very fi t.
a) won’t
b) will
c) ─
d) going to
4. The fast food restaurant was _____ dirty. We didn’t eat there.
a) extreme
b) extremely
c) bit
d) very much
5. This restaurant is ____ the one over there.
a) traditional
b) traditionaler
c) more traditional than
d) traditionaler than
6. My coffee was ____ yours. I almost burned by my mouth.
a) hotter than
b) more hot than
c) hotter as
d) as hot
7. The ____ coffee in the world comes from Indonesia.
a) expensive
b) expensivest
c) more expensive
d) most expensive
8. Latin ___ compulsory in Irish school
a) used to be
b) would be
c) has
d) has been
9. Stress is not an illness, but it can ___ to many illnesses.
a) get
b) celebrate
c) contribute
d) affect
10. He ____ off his holiday until after the winter.
a) took
b) put
c) called
d) logged
11. Do you …………………. a business start up plan to run your own company?
12. You should ……………….. calm in any situation if you want to work with customers.
13. Really? Is she 20 years old? She …………….... older.
14. Anvar ………………….. furious when someone interrupts him.
15. The reason for his decision ……………….... clear soon.

1-version (Quarter III)

1. There ____ milk for my breakfast.
a) isn’t some
b) isn’t any
c) any
d) ─
2. ____ people from Poland went to Scotland in the 20th century.
a) Many of
b) Many
c) Some of
d) ─
3. There are __________ French speakers in Montreal.
a) too much
b) a lot of
c) a little
d) not much
4. She ____ with her friends on Facebook everyday.
a) is communicating
b) communicates
c) will communicating
d) ─
5. More and more people ____ divorced every year.
a) are wanting
b) wanting
c) getting
d) are getting
6. Many, but not all, people ____ learn a second language.
a) want to
b) are wanting to
c) wanting to
d) used to want
7. Would you like ____ to the theatre tonight?
a) go
b) to go
c) going
d) to going
8. I ____ to Samarkand on holiday next month.
a) am flying
b) flying
c) am go flying
d) will flying
9. He ___ his exam because he didn’t study.
a) failed
b) passed
c) missed
d) fell
10. The house will look cleaner when you have finished the ____.
a) home
b) housewife
c) housework
d) homework

11. Doing tasks without involving other people ______________________

12. A thing or fact that is found for the first time. ______________________

13. To express what somebody has said/written by using different words.

14. An illegal act of upsetting or insulting somebody.

15. We are late, do we? (Correct the mistake). ________________

2-version (Quarter III)

1. Oh! It ____. I’ll take an umbrella with me.
a) raining
b) will raining
c) rains
d) ’s raining
2. – Do you have any plans for tonight?
– Yes, we ____ to the cinema.
a) will go
b) going
c) go
d) are going
3. I plan to ____ two weeks by the beach.
a) bring
b) spend
c) spending
d) making
4. The fast food restaurant was _____ dirty. We didn’t eat there.
a) extreme
b) extremely
c) bit
d) very much
5. This restaurant is ____ the one over there.
a) traditional
b) traditionaler
c) more traditional than
d) traditionaler than
6. My coffee was ____ yours. I almost burned by my mouth.
a) hotter than
b) more hot than
c) hotter as
d) as hot
7. The ____ coffee in the world comes from Indonesia.
a) expensive
b) expensivest
c) more expensive
d) most expensive
8. I ____ sushi.
a) eaten
b) have eat
c) have ever eaten
d) have never eaten
9. She’s very successful. Her ___ has risen a lot in the past few years.
a) money
b) salary
c) job
d) earnings
10. I am very ______ in old cars.
a) keen
b) interesting
c) interested
d) fond

11. Doing tasks without involving other people ______________________

12. A thing or fact that is found for the first time. ______________________

13. To express what somebody has said/written by using different words.

14. An illegal act of upsetting or insulting somebody.

15. We are late, do we? (Correct the mistake). ________________

1-version (Quarter IV)

1. She has ____ finished this week’s report.
a) yet
b) already
c) ever
d) never
2. I don’t think you _ ___ them.
a) should to email
b) should email
c) should emailing
d) ─
3. In the future there ____ cures to the world’s worst.
a) might be
b) is going to being
c) will being
d) might have
4. The space tourists ___ certainly need to be very fi t.
a) won’t
b) will
c) ─
d) going to
5. I f my new company is successful, I ____ employ people to help me.
a) will
b) be able to
c) will be able to
d) will able to
6. The fi rst reality TV show ____ in Sweden in 1997.
a) showed
b) shown
c) is shown
d) was shown
7. The fi lm ’Avatar’ was directed ____ James Cameron.
a) by
b) from
c) for
d) with
8. I’ve had my cat ____ 4 years.
a) since
b) for
c) with
d) it
9. I mostly ____ my friends via email.
a) get on well with
b) have in common
c) keep in touch with
d) see each other
10. Bob has had a very interesting _____. He has had jobs in many countries and industries.
a) carrier
b) job
c) career
d) work

11. A sport in which 2 people fight holding each other and throwing to the ground

12. What / you / do/in your classroom?

13. _______________ (you / buy) your train ticket yet?

14. How many times ________ ___________ (you / take) this exam?
15. She / work here for five years.___________________________

2-version (Quarter IV)

1. Her horse is lovely. She _____ it since she was a teenager.
a) had
b) has had
c) had
d) is had
2. I’ve received 33 emails ____.
a) on Friday
b) yesterday
c) two days ago
d) this week
3. How often have you been to the doctor ______?
a) one year ago
b) in the last twelve months
c) yesterday
d) last week
4. I was saving up ____ a new computer.
a) for buying
b) to buy
c) to buying
d) ─
5. You ____ wear a suit to work, but you can if you want.
a) must
b) mustn’t
c) could
d) don’t have to
6. I had to ____ a uniform to school when I was younger.
a) have
b) wearing
c) wear
d) having
7. Cecilia knows someone ____ went to the carnival in Rio de Janeiro.
a) who
b) which
c) she
d) where
8. ’Oxfam’ is a charity ____ tries to find lasting solutions to poverty.
a) who
b) which
c) it
d) ─
9. A lot of ____ came to Ireland in the 1990s.
a) immigrants
b) emigrants
c) invaders
d) colonies
10. There was a nice meal and a band at the wedding ____ .
a) ceremony
b) reception
c) speech
d) group

11. A sport in which 2 people fight holding each other and throwing to the ground ______ __

12. What / you / do/in your classroom?

13. _______________ (you / buy) your train ticket yet?



14. How many times ___________ ________ (you / take) this exam?

15. She / work here for five years.___________________________